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  2. Omega (navigation system) - Wikipedia

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    OMEGA was the first global-range radio navigation system, operated by the United States in cooperation with six partner nations. It was a hyperbolic navigation system, enabling ships and aircraft to determine their position by receiving very low frequency (VLF) radio signals in the range 10 to 14 kHz, transmitted by a global network of eight ...

  3. Paynesville, Liberia - Wikipedia

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    Paynesville is often considered a part of the Greater Monrovia area. It was the location of the Paynesville Omega Transmitter, the highest structure in Africa, until the tower's demolition in 2011. The Liberia Broadcasting System is also located in Paynesville. [1] The Liberian Judo Federation is based in Paynesville.

  4. Talk:Omega (navigation system) - Wikipedia

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    Omega Tower Paynesville, Liberia Omega Tower Paynesville, Liberia. Sub-articles. Any reason why the two stations were made sub-articles? They seem too short to ...

  5. VLF Transmitter Woodside - Wikipedia

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    Height. 432 m (1,417 ft) Design and construction. Architect (s) US Coast Guard/Australian Department of Transport. Main contractor. Electric Power Transmission Pty Ltd. VLF Transmitter Woodside. Woodside Omega Transmitter near Woodside, Victoria, Australia, was a transmission tower that was completed in 1982 and demolished in 2015.

  6. List of cities in Liberia - Wikipedia

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    A map of Liberia, showing Liberian counties and cities. Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.. This is a list of cities in Liberia: . Arthington; Barclayville; Belefuanai; Bensonville ...

  7. Liberia - Wikipedia

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    Internet TLD. .lr. Website www.emansion.gov.lr Executive mansion. Liberia (/ laɪˈbɪəriə / ⓘ), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest.

  8. Executive Mansion, Monrovia - Wikipedia

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    A 1999 UN map of Monrovia, showing the location of the Executive Mansion.. The Executive Mansion of Liberia is the official residence and workplace of the country's president. [1] [2] Located across the street from the Capitol Building in the Capitol Hill district of Monrovia, the current building was constructed during the presidency of William Tubman, which lasted from 1944 to 1971. [2]

  9. Colony of Liberia - Wikipedia

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    Colony of Liberia. The Colony of Liberia, later the Commonwealth of Liberia, was a private colony of the American Colonization Society (ACS) beginning in 1822. It became an independent nation—the Republic of Liberia —after declaring independence in 1847.